%0 Journal Article
%T The Effects of Attractiveness and Status on Personality Evaluation
%A Chiara Rollero
%A Stefano Tartaglia
%J -
%D 2015
%R 10.5964/ejop.v11i4.896
%X Research on personality has shown that perceiving a person as attractive fosters positive expectations about his/her personal characteristics. Literature has also demonstrated a significant link between personality traits and occupational achievement. Present research examines the combined effects of attractiveness, occupational status, and gender on the evaluation of others¡¯ personality, according to the Big Five model. The study consisted of a 2 (Attractiveness: High vs. Low) x 2 (occupational Status: High vs. Low) x 2 (Target gender: Male vs. Female) between-subjects experimental design (N = 476). Results showed that attractive targets were considered more positively than unattractive targets, and this effect was even stronger for male targets. Occupational status influenced perceived agreeableness (lower for high-status targets) and perceived conscientiousness (higher for high-status targets)
%K [gender
%K personality evaluation
%K stereotyping
%K attractiveness
%K status
%K experimental design]
%U https://ejop.psychopen.eu/index.php/ejop/article/view/896